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Thursday, August 3, 2006

Three Doctor Visits in One Week -- a new record!!

I took Baby L to the Dr. Mondayafternoon after she started wheezing aloud. I could hear it evenwithout a stethoscope. By the time we saw the Nurse Practitioner,she was not wheezing aloud anymore, but the N.P. heard it with thestethoscope. She was prescribed some oral steroids and moreregular breathing treatments.

Then Tuesday morning shescared me by having an asthma-like attack with wheezing and coughingand gagging. She was also running a low-grade fever thatmorning. So back to the Dr we went, but by the time we got thereshe was fine. She had mucous rattling around in her lungs, butthat was all. Dr. said to just keep doing what we had been doingand bring her back later in the week for a re-check.

(Why is it that they're always better while you're at the Dr's office than when you're at home?)

Well, we already had scheduled a well-child check today, so it servedas her well-baby appointment and a recheck on the Reactive AirwaysDisease. Although she was wheezing last night, she has not beentoday. She did have alot of mucous rattling around in her lungswhile we were at the Dr's office, though. She's improving, slowly.

She's also gaining quite well. At 4.5 months, she weighs 16 lbs.9 oz. She's short for her age at 24 inches, but at the top of thecharts for weight. I'm sure she'll slim down once she startscrawling and walking. All the other children did.

Poor little girl is going bald, though! We're sheddingtogether. She had such thick dark hair when she was born, but nowit's just long wispies at the back of her head. The top and sidesare all short stubble, and the new hair is lighter, too.

Butshe's a cutie! Rolling over, reaching for toys, scooting on thefloor, chewing on everything, grabbing glasses, blowing raspberries,drooling, cooing, and watching everyone and everything!! Shedoesn't miss much. She loves to sit up in our lap or stand ... nolying down for her. They don't stay little long ... she's growingand changing so fast!

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